Engineering Storytime with Kate! Friday 14th March 10.00am - 10.30am  or 2.00pm --2.30pm

 A fun adventure for ages 3-7 (Nursery-Year 2) with a civil engineer!

Come and join Kate, a civil engineer, for some storytime adventures to do with her favourite engineering thing – Bridges.

A short “This is Me” to help set the scene for all and then off on our first adventure to a Castle a long time ago. Where, OH NO, an old wobbly wooden bridge has disappeared, how will all the people in the Castle manage to leave! There are some silly material suggestions whilst someone tries to work up the courage to speak up about their brilliant idea.

Following this we can take a quick stop off to meet Orin the Troll – a retelling of the 3 billy goats gruff, only with a helpful if sometimes grumpy troll and A LOT more goats. Will those goats ever get to eat that green grass just over the bridge??

Will the troll and goats learn to listen to each other? Book your place here 

Free Egg-cellent Eastertastic Primary Chemistry session-online.

Thursday 20th March (online) : 4-5pm

Please join us for simple Primary Chemistry ideas for an Egg-citing, easy classroom practical.
If you are unable to attend the ‘live’ online session, please still book and a recording will be sent to you after the session. Book tickets here
Any queries please contact Katy Johnson kate.johnson@see-science.co.uk

First Lego League Challenge "Submerged" 22nd March 9.45am 

Ysgol Henry Tudor, Bush Hill, Pembroke Dock , Pembrokeshire  SA71 4RL

FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is a global STEM programme for teams of young people, to encourage an interest in real world themes and develop key skills that are crucial for their future careers.

Young people work together to explore a given topic and to design, build and program an autonomous LEGO® robot to solve a series of missions.This annual competition will be held at Ysgol Henry Tudor on 22nd  March 2025. Registration information can be found here 

Further information can be found here

Find out about Secondary CREST Awards 27th March 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm  online

Join this 30-minute session to find out how to use free CREST activities

These hands-on, low resource STEM activities, including planning guides, can be used in classrooms, homes, and STEM clubs, and make a real impact on children’s STEM learning! We’ll also give you top tips for using CREST to engage with British Science Week.

Booking and more information here

The CREST Award Scheme has been running for over 35 years and is managed by the British Science Association (BSA)

First Lego League Challenge "Submerged" 28nd March 9.45am 

Ebbw Fawr Learning Community, Strand Annealing Lane, Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent NP23 6AN

FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge is a global STEM programme for teams of young people, to encourage an interest in real world themes and develop key skills that are crucial for their future careers.

Young people work together to explore a given topic and to design, build and program an autonomous LEGO® robot to solve a series of missions.This annual competition will be held at Ebbw Fawr Learning Community on 28th  March 2025. Registration information can be found here

Want to participate in the 20 March roundtable with the Cabinet Secretary for Education?

Lynne Neagle is keen to meet with teachers, who are new to the profession and who work in the priority areas of Biology, Chemistry, Design & Technology, Information Technology, Mathematics, Modern Foreign Languages, Physics or Welsh.

If you’re interested in sharing your experiences, please email dysg@gov.wales 

Engaging with Secondary Students: Tips for Success 25 March 9am-10am

In this 1-hour session, delivered by Christina Astin, you’ll learn how to engage successfully with secondary school students. It will cover why volunteering with secondary students is important and the different ways you may be interacting with them (in school, during work experience, or online), plus provide tips for aligning messages with the curriculum to ensure they are inclusive and relevant for young people.Book here

April

Wales Outdoor Learning Week 2025 28 April - 4 May

Celebrate Wales’ greatest playing and learning space – our natural environment! Every spring since 2019, Natural Resources Wales and the Wales Council for Outdoor Learning join forces to organise #WalesOutdoorLearningWeek, a great opportunity to showcase and celebrate how we can all benefit from learning in, learning about and learning for our natural environment.

Wales Outdoor Learning Week 2025  aims to encourage and inspire educators, teachers, learning groups and families in Wales to embed nature into school and family life, reaping the many benefits it brings. 

May

Science and the Senedd 13 May 2025..

The Royal Society of Chemistry's twenty first annual Science and the Senedd will be held at the Senedd and the Pierhead, Cardiff Bay, on 13 May 2025..

June

The Big Bang Fair June 17- June 19

The Big Bang Fair inspires the next generation with hands-on activities, experiments and workshops. The UK’s biggest celebration of STEM for schools will return on Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 June 2025 at The NEC in Birmingham.

The Big Bang Fair is free, and is open to UK state-funded school groups only in:

• year 6 to year 8 (England and Wales)

Schools can explore The Fair in our morning session (9am to 12pm) or afternoon session (1pm to 4pm). If you have any questions, please contact us at info@thebigbang.org.uk

Schools will be able to book free tickets to The Big Bang Fair 2025 in early 2025. Sign up to our newsletter to get VIP early access. More information here

July

Sensational Science  Tuesday 1 July, 9.30am–3.30pm,

University of South Wales, CF37 4BD

We are pleased to be joining forces with IOP once again, to bring you our annual day conference. Last year, you said you really valued the range of practical activities, the cross-curriculum links and the advice on incorporating a range of skills into lessons. So, this year we want to inspire you with even more hands-on activities that will be delivered by a team of passionate facilitators. You will have the opportunity to attend all the workshops, have a tour of the campus, time to network with colleagues from across the region and of, course, enjoy a lunch on us.

It is going to be great day filled with lots of sensational science. Book here

Sensational Science  Friday  4 July, 9.30am–3.30pm,

Bangor Univeristy, Normal Site,  Bangor LL57 2PZ

We are pleased to be joining forces with IOP once again, to bring you our annual day conference. Last year, you said you really valued the range of practical activities, the cross-curriculum links and the advice on incorporating a range of skills into lessons. So, this year we want to inspire you with even more hands-on activities that will be delivered by a team of passionate facilitators. You will have the opportunity to attend all the workshops, have a tour of the campus, time to network with colleagues from across the region and of, course, enjoy a lunch on us.

It is going to be great day filled with lots of sensational science. Book here

Merthyr Science Festival on Saturday, 5th July 2025!

Expect experiments, and enough brainpower to light up the Valleys!. Mark your calendars, because missing this would be scientifically unwise! Further details can be seen here